Table 3. Top 10 Airlines Ranked by 2016 Enplanements on U.S. Carriers and on Foreign Carriers' U.S. Flights*
Passenger numbers in millions (000,000)
Dataset Table:
| 2016 Rank | Carrier | 2016 Enplaned Passengers | 2015 Rank | 2015 Enplaned Passengers | Pct. Change 2015-2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southwest | 151.740 | 1 | 144.575 | 5.0 |
| 2 | American** | 144.191 | 3 | 118.293 | 21.9 |
| 3 | Delta | 143.076 | 2 | 138.591 | 3.2 |
| 4 | United | 100.119 | 4 | 95.327 | 5.0 |
| 5 | JetBlue | 38.241 | 5 | 35.074 | 9.0 |
| 6 | SkyWest | 31.205 | 6 | 30.078 | 3.7 |
| 7 | Alaska | 24.371 | 9 | 22.828 | 6.8 |
| 8 | ExpressJet | 22.185 | 8 | 26.003 | -14.7 |
| 9 | Spirit | 20.998 | 10 | 17.629 | 19.1 |
| 10 | Frontier | 14.773 | 12 | 12.569 | 17.5 |
Notes:
* Includes U.S. carrier scheduled domestic and international service and foreign carrier scheduled international service to and from the United States. For U.S. carrier domestic and international service data for 2014, see the BTS December Air Traffic press release: https://www.bts.gov/newsroom/2016-annual-and-december-us-airline-traffic-data
** American Airlines 2015 passenger number includes 28.256 million passengers reported as US Airways from Jan-Jun 2015.
Percentage changes based on numbers prior to rounding.
Source:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Market